Improvement in track-laying machine



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JOHN R. ADAMS, CF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Letters Patent No. 100,834, dated March 15, 1870.

IMPRVEMENT IN "TRACK-LAYING- MACHINE.

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The-Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all 'whom 'ttnaay concern.:`

Be it known that I, JOHN d1. ADAMS, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have inventedan Improved Tie-Laying Machine; and I do hereby declare the vfollowing `description and accom;

` panying drawings are sufcient to enable any person y skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to makeand use my said invention and improvements without further, invention or experiment.

My invention relates to an improved machine for I laying down, in regular order, the ties which bind the l opposite rails of a railroad track.

VThe machine is intended not only todo the work with greater dispatch than itcan beg'dolieV by any other known method, but also to do it at ai much less cost, saving morethan one-half in the laying of ties; and l y l y 0 It consists, rst, of a pair of wheels 'moving inside of a. properly-constructed frame, and upon the same .-shaft. l

. The wheels are so constructed that they receive the `ties in recesses made in their peripheries, and lay these down upon thejprepared bed as they revolve, carrying them around one-half of their revolution.

'A low car, with numerous small wheels, is attached to the frame and follows after it, the forward trucks moving upon the ties already laid.

Upon this low car, the trucks or-car which carries forward the ties from the rear is propelled, so as to place them in a convenient position for the attendants to reach them in order to deposit them in the recesses in the ,wheelsz 'In order Yto more fully illustrate and explaink my invention, reference is had to the accompanying draw- C ings forming a' part of .thisspeeificatiom in which- A represents a squareor other suitable frame, hav ing the shaftor axle B extending across it, bearing in thetimbers 'atfeach side, and having the pole B' attached `in front.

The wheels CC arel placed upon this shaftat the `required distance apart. The wheels have cut in their periphelies recesses a a 'a at regular distances apart,

the distance' between each-two heilig equal to the width it is desired to maintain between the ties when wheels, and serves to prevent the ties from leaving the recesses in the wheels until 'they have been carried to their proper, places to be deposited.

E is a removable guide, which may be placed atl either side of the frame, and against which one end of'each and every tie is placed in order to align them.

Attached by some suitable means to the rear of the frame A 'is another frame, F, which is mounted upon a number of small wheels or rollers, b b l1, placed alternately upon opposite sides of each rail, or other wise suitably arranged to moveoverthe ties which have just been deposited by the wheels, a somewhat larger wheehd, being secured a little above the smaller wheels b at the frontl end of each side timber of the frame, and which serves to lift the frame upon the ties without displacing them.,

Upon the upper surface of each of the side timbers of the frame F is placed a flat or other rail, c, so as to convert them into a track of about an even height with the rail which is being laid upon the ties, and uponlwheh the trucks or car which brings forward the ties from the rear may be run, in order. to place them in a position convenient to be Alifted into the recesses in the wheels.

The operation of my machine 1s as follows:

The track or roadway having been prepared for the reception of the ties by the advanceworkmen, my machine is placed in position upon it, a few ties h. ving been first laid upon which to place the frame F with its load of ties.

The frame A is then drawn forward along the roadway by means of horse or other power. One man is stationed upon each side of the frame A, and as the wheels revolve, each one seizes thee'nd of a tie and places it in the recesses in the wheels as it revolves, `being careful to abut oneend against the guide E, according to which side itis desired to align.

As the wheels rerolve, they carryfthe ties around until they pass the guard D, when they are deposited upon the road-bed in proper style. Y

During this time the rear frame moves upon the ties which have been laid by the wheels, while workmen follow in the rear, laying and securing the rails. When one car load of ties have been laid, the empty car is run back out of the way, and another loaded one takesits place, when `the same operation above Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is^

1. The recessed wheels O, in combination with a. guard, D, or equivalent device, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. 4

2. In combination with the wheels C and guard D, the removable guide E, o1' equivalent device, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

3. The tender-frame F, mounted upon n. number of small wheels suitably arranged to move upon the ties, and provided with the side rails e, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

JOHN R. ADAMS. {L. s.]

Witnesses:

W. R. Boone,

. GEO. H. STRONG'. 

